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Conrad Amenta

:: Featuring: Von Südenfed, Budos Band, Deer Tick, Animal Collective, John Vanderslice, Sunset Rubdown, e-Jugend, Will Stratton, Acorn...



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Alina Simone

Conrad Amenta

:: Alina deconstructs her newest record, which consists entirely of Russian artist Yanka Dyagileva covers, shuns the "World Music" tag, and details what's next.

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Nico Muhly

Conrad Amenta

:: Nico gets in-depth about his music, his fav obscure Icelandic artists, and why his new album is "like, all 808 all the time."

Festival /
Cisco Systems Bluesfest 2008

Conrad Amenta & Cait Powers

:: "Funk-a-licious"? Really? Ten bucks says Fergie suggested that.

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Silver Jews

Conrad Amenta

:: Berman on his newest record, how to properly soundtrack group circumcisions, which pen "sounds like a banker's kiss," and who's clueless in 2008.

Concert Review /
Constantines

Conrad Amenta

:: Man, fuck people who don’t like the Constantines.

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Stop Me If You've Heard This One

Conrad Amenta

:: Music has become less performance, less the pursuit of that transcendent moment, than an allaying of tensions and disparities on Facebook profiles.

Festival /
Cisco Systems' Ottawa Bluesfest 2007

Conrad Amenta

:: At its core, somehow, this dichotomous, conflicted, and consistently rewarding commercial machine has a heart.

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It's Dark, and There Are Wolves After Me: Ottawa's 1st Annual Capital Idea! Music Festival

Conrad Amenta

:: Ottawa's now able to say to bands they admire "welcome to" rather than "sorry about" their city.

Interview /
Fulton Lights

Conrad Amenta

:: "We look good when we flex, like Greek demigods."

Article /
Conrad: Year One, A First Year Retrospective

Conrad Amenta

:: -or- How Is It Possible That Everyone, Including Myself, is Wrong About Everything All of the Time?

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Bedding the "Sellout"

Conrad Amenta

:: Join Conrad as he compromises the purity of music.

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:: Staff

Conrad Amenta
Staff Writer

e-mail: conrad@cokemachineglow.com

Record Reviews:
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Department of Eagles :: In Ear Park
(4AD; 2008)
Serena-Maneesh :: SM Backwards
(Smalltown Supersound; 2008)
Fulton Lights :: The Way We Ride
(Android Eats; 2008)
Nissenenmondai :: Neji/Tori
(Smalltown Supersound; 2008)
Rafter :: Sweaty Magic EP
(Asthmatic Kitty; 2008)
[↓see all] /
!!! :: Myth Takes A Sunny Day in Glasgow :: Scribble Mural Comic Journal (NBH) The Acorn :: Blankets! EP (NBH) The Acorn :: Glory Hope Mountain (NBH) Ellen Allien :: Boogybytes Vol. 4 An Horse :: Not Really Scared EP (NBH) Anathallo :: Floating World Annuals :: Frelen Mas: Be He Me B-Sides Aphex Twin :: Chosen Lords Arab Strap :: The Last Romance Baja :: Maps/Systemalheur (NBH) Baja :: Wolfhour Beck :: Modern Guilt Beirut :: The Flying Club Cup The Besnard Lakes :: The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse Black Rebel Motorcycle Club :: Baby 81 Bloc Party :: A Weekend in the City Born Ruffians :: Red, Yellow and Blue Brother and Sisters :: Brothers and Sisters The Burning Hell :: Happy Birthday (NBH) Cibelle :: The Shine of Dried Electric Leaves Clinic :: Do It! Couch :: Figur 5 Rob Crow :: Living Well Cryptacize :: Dig That Treasure Crystal Castles :: Crystal Castles Various Artists :: Death Proof OST The Death Set :: Worldwide Deer Tick :: War Elephant (NBH) Department of Eagles :: In Ear Park Destroyer :: Trouble in Dreams (CP) diskJokke :: Staying In Don Caballero :: World Class Listening Problem e-Jugend :: Last Exit Wedding (NBH) Eagles of Death Metal :: Death by Sexy Eels :: With Strings--Live at Town Hall Efterklang :: Parades Nathan Fake :: Drowning in a Sea of Love The Fiery Furnaces :: Remember Four Tet :: Ringer EP French Kicks :: Two Thousand Frenemies :: Birds in High School Fridge :: The Sun Fulton Lights :: Fulton Lights (NBH) Fulton Lights :: The Way We Ride Gang of Four :: Return the Gift Georgie James :: Demos at Dance Place Demo Goldrush :: The Heart is the Place The Grates :: Gravity Won't Get You High Jonny Greenwood :: There Will Be Blood OST Grizzly Bear :: Friend EP Head Like a Kite :: There is Loud Laughter Everywhere Helios :: Ayres Daniel AIU Higgs :: Atomic Yggdrasil Tarot High Places :: High Places HILOTRONS :: Bella Simone (NBH) Icy Demons :: Miami Ice Islands :: Return to the Sea Jatun :: Jatun (NBH) Joan of Arc :: Eventually, All at Once Jumbling Towers :: Classy Entertainment EP (NBH) Justice :: Kingdom Shore :: ...and all the dogs to shark (NBH) Konono N°1 :: Live at Couleur Café Glenn Kotche :: Mobile Last Days :: These Places Are Now Ruins LCD Soundsystem :: Sound of Silver Sean Lennon :: Friendly Fire Ted Leo & the Pharmacists :: Living With the Living Les Savy Fav :: After the Balls Drop Leyode :: Fascinating Tininess M83 :: Saturdays = Youth Mahjongg :: Kontpab Matmos :: The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast Mew :: And the Glass Handed Kites Barbara Morgenstern :: The Grass is Always Greener The Most Serene Republic :: Population Nico Muhly :: Mothertongue My Dad Vs. Yours :: After Winter Must Come Spring (NBH) Nine Inch Nails :: Year Zero Nissenenmondai :: Neji/Tori The Ocean Floor :: Tall Tales & Small Tales (NBH) Oneida :: Happy New Year Oneida :: The Wedding Parts and Labor :: Mapmaker Plants and Animals :: Parc Avenue The Polyphonic Spree :: The Fragile Army Precious Fathers :: Precious Fathers (NBH) Prints :: Prints (NBH) Rafter :: Sweaty Magic EP Ris Paul Ric :: Purple Haze The Rosebuds :: Night of the Furies School of Language :: Sea from Shore Serena-Maneesh :: SM Backwards She Wants Revenge :: She Wants Revenge Alina Simone :: Placelessness Alina Simone :: Everyone Is Crying Out to Me, Beware Slaraffenland :: Private Cinema Sloan :: Never Hear the End of It Spiritualized :: Songs in A&E Spoon :: Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga The Submarines :: Honeysuckle Weeks Talking Heads :: Brick Box Thank You :: Terrible Two These New Puritans :: Beat Pyramid Tijuana Mon Amour Broadcasting Inc. :: Cold Jubilee (Of the Snowqueen) Tin Cup Prophette :: Liar and the Thief (NBH) Tokyo Police Club :: A Lesson in Crime Tool :: 10,000 Days Tortoise :: A Lazarus Taxon Box Tussle :: Cream Cuts The Twilight Sad :: Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters Under Byen :: Samme Stoff Som Stof John Vanderslice :: Emerald City Videotape :: My Favourite Thing (NBH) Chris Walla :: Field Manual Woodhands :: Heart Attack (NBH) Thalia Zedek Band :: Liars and Prayers

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[↓top rated albums of 2008 by this author] /
Kingdom Shore :: ...and all the dogs to shark (NBH)
(Black Bough; 2008) / Rating: 87 / Combined Rating: 83
High Places :: High Places
(Thrill Jockey; 2008) / Rating: 84 / Combined Rating: 81
Four Tet :: Ringer EP
(Domino; 2008) / Rating: 84 / Combined Rating: N/A
M83 :: Saturdays = Youth
(Mute; 2008) / Rating: 84 / Combined Rating: 78
Videotape :: My Favourite Thing (NBH)
(Self-released; 2008) / Rating: 83 / Combined Rating: 77
Nico Muhly :: Mothertongue
(Brassland; 2008) / Rating: 82 / Combined Rating: 80
Rafter :: Sweaty Magic EP
(Asthmatic Kitty; 2008) / Rating: 81 / Combined Rating: N/A
diskJokke :: Staying In
(Smalltown Supersound; 2008) / Rating: 81 / Combined Rating: 78
An Horse :: Not Really Scared EP (NBH)
(Self-released; 2008) / Rating: 80 / Combined Rating: N/A
School of Language :: Sea from Shore
(Memphis Industries/Thrill Jockey; 2008) / Rating: 80 / Combined Rating: 80
Thank You :: Terrible Two
(Thrill Jockey; 2008) / Rating: 77 / Combined Rating: 75
Beck :: Modern Guilt
(Interscope; 2008) / Rating: 77 / Combined Rating: 72
Woodhands :: Heart Attack (NBH)
(Paper Bag; 2008) / Rating: 77 / Combined Rating: N/A
Ellen Allien :: Boogybytes Vol. 4
(Bpitch Control; 2008) / Rating: 77 / Combined Rating: N/A
Baja :: Wolfhour
(Other Electricities; 2008) / Rating: 77 / Combined Rating: N/A
Jumbling Towers :: Classy Entertainment EP (NBH)
(Self-released; 2008) / Rating: 75 / Combined Rating: N/A
Plants and Animals :: Parc Avenue
(Secret City; 2008) / Rating: 75 / Combined Rating: N/A
Department of Eagles :: In Ear Park
(4AD; 2008) / Rating: 74 / Combined Rating: 75
Alina Simone :: Everyone Is Crying Out to Me, Beware
(54.40 or Fight; 2008) / Rating: 74 / Combined Rating: N/A
Tussle :: Cream Cuts
(Smalltown Supersound; 2008) / Rating: 73 / Combined Rating: N/A